The Foreign Policy Disconnect
What Americans Want from Our Leaders but Don’t Get
- Contents
- Review Quotes
- Awards

Introduction: What Sort of Foreign Policy?
1 Taking Public Opinion Seriously
2 The Goals of Security and Justice
3 Friends and Foes in the World
4 Military Strength and the Use of Force
5 Political Cooperation
6 Economic Well-Being and Economic Justice
7 A Disconnect between Policy Makers and the Public?
8 Conclusion: Foreign Policy and Democracy
Appendix. How Goals Cluster
References
Notes
“Experts are often skeptical of public views on foreign policy, but this fascinating book challenges that conventional wisdom. Page and Bouton show that the experts are wrong and American collective public opinion on foreign policy is generally coherent, consistent, and sensible. Anyone who wants to understand American foreign policy should read this book.”
“This work will become a classic. Certainly no specialist on public opinion and foreign policy could afford to overlook it. Beyond that, it should be required reading for anyone who cares about American foreign policy, especially those who may be somewhat disturbed by recent trends toward unilateralism.”<Ole Holsti, Duke University>
“In its scope and detail, its array of levels of analysis, and above all, its engagement with politics itself, this study of public opinion has no equal.”
American Political Science Association: Gladys M. Kammerer Award
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Political Science: American Government and Politics | Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, and International Relations | Political Behavior and Public Opinion
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